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The Semler family reunion is scheduled for 12 p.m., June 11, at the Goodwin Senior Dining Center in Wellman located at 223 Eighth Avenue.The reunion is a potluck. Please bring your pictures or stories if you can.

The Shiloh Country School reunion, south of Washington, is scheduled for 12 p.m., June 4, at Marjorie Schantz-Koehler?s.Table service will be provided. Please bring a dish to pass.Anyone who has family or has an interest is welcome. Any letters of experience are welcome.Shiloh Country School is located 2 miles south of Highway 92 on the Keokuk/Washington County road.

A congregate meal is planned for 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 25, at St. Joseph/Cabrini Church in East Pleasant Plain.On the menu are ham balls, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, super salad bar, pie and cream puffs.Bingo will be played after the meal. All ages are welcome.For reservations, please call Caryl Smith at 319-694-2242.

The Washington FFA recently set up a petting zoo at Halcyon House for the residents. All kinds of animals were enjoyed. Residents were entertained by the Keota Brass Band in the Timmins dining room. Kelsey Martins, guidance counselor at Lincoln Elementary and 347 third-to fifth-graders made 650 bird-seed ornaments to be delivered to local health centers. Kelsey and Tricia Bell-Distelhorst and 30 of the students ...

The family of Ruth Stauffer is having a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday on May 31.Birthday cards and warm wishes may reach her at 1217 Dakota Avenue, Wayland, IA 52654.

The Washington High School Class of ?59 will have a gathering at the Pizza Ranch from 4 to 7 p.m., Sunday, May 21.

The regular meeting of Chapter L of the National T.T.T. Society was held Monday, May 1, at the Olds United Church of Christ. President Bright called the meeting to order and opened the meeting with the group singing the Sword of Gold.Twelve members answered roll call with their favorite pizza.Lisa Kempf gave meditations by reading ?A Seed to Live By.?Minutes of the previous month?s meeting were read and ...

The Leon Beatty American Legion Auxiliary Unit 29 met on May 9. President Sue Gilmere called the meeting to order at 7 p.m., followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and reading of the Preamble and a prayer by Dixie Young. Officers? reports followed.Sue had copies of the County and Regular Meeting from April, as well as the District Dispatch. She also gave a brief report on the District Meeting from April 22; the ...

Four United Presbyterian women ? Janice Twinam, Betty Beenblossom, Betty Colby and June Asper ? attended the annual Spring Workshop hosted by the First Presbyterian Church in Winfield, Saturday, April 29. The theme for the day was ?A Cloud of Witnesses,? with the keynote speaker being Mary Ann Pedde on the topic of domestic violence advocate. The workshops offered that day were ?The Horizons Bible Study Preview,? ...

Brennan Horak, son of Luke and Suzanne Horak, was selected by the American Legion Leon Beatty Post 29, of Washington, as a delegate for the 2017 Hawkeye Boys State.American Legion Hawkeye Boys State is a weeklong hands-on experience in the operation of democratic form of government, the organization of political parties and the relationship of one to the other in shaping the Iowa government June 11 - 16 at Camp ...

Forrest and Myrlene (Stephens) Eubanks of Crawfordsville will be celebrating their 69th wedding anniversary on May 22.The couple have one son, Jimmy (Joan) Eubanks of Noble, and three grandchildren. The couple has also been blessed with five great-grandchildren.To honor them the family is throwing them a card shower. Cards will reach them at 3095 Tulip Ave. Crawfordsville, IA 52621.

Fleur-de-Lis Club members met at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at Kalona Chocolates located at 211 Fifth Street, in Kalona.Dorcas Jarrard was hostess and had arranged for a tour of this downtown business. The shop is owned by Lyndon and Mattie Hershberger. Mr. Hershberger gave members a tour of their kitchen and told a bit about the business started in 2009 in their home and in 2011 moved to their present ...